egflip

I'm new here and I'm just starting to get into this whole car thing. I have a 95 honda civic hatchback cx. I want to start upgrading it and people tell me to start with a cold air intake. So what's a good but affordable cold air intake for my car?

drhoward07

http://www.teamdelsol.com/technical/...e/default.html

u will get about the same bang for less the buck

SisterFister

honestly a cai is stupid, and you will probably lose power

egflip

Well if not a cold air, then what would be a good first mod?

-Gambit-

teach me on how you figure this or show me a a dyno graph. graphs are always cool.

drhoward07

it all depends on your budget and what your willing to spend

cvcrcr99

What are your plans for the car? Power goals? How much money do you have?

Set up what you want for the car in the end after figuring out how much money you have available, and then go for it.

If you do not know what you want, I would suggest to start saving for suspension work and not worry about the beastly 1.5L under the hood at this time.

SisterFister

you better be dropping serious cash on a cai if u want to see an actual improvement some cai's suck up the engines heat since there is no block

Hill4589

WOW you are an idiot.

Anyways, if you just picked the car up and haven't done an oil change I suggest you do. Also do a tune up (spark plugs, spark plug wires, distributor cap and rotor)

Most people start off with a short ram/cold air intake. Its a nice mod to get you started so enjoy it.

-Gambit-

so now your saying buy a cai? when your last post you said a cai is stupid

egflip

Well i have $400 right now and i figure im going to spend 250-300 on new rims and tires. Ive had the car for awhile now so all the tune up things have been taken care of.

cvcrcr99

Jesus people, sisterfister stated that a CAI proven with all sorts of testing etc etc etc to add hp, is much more costly than making your own. That's all.

Enough, hater-tech, we are all here to help to the OP.

OP, like a few people (myself included) have said, find out what you want in the end, what you plans are for the car, and then go for it.

EDIT:
What wheels are you going to be getting with that amount of money? j/w. If the tires you have now are fine, get a tune up done (if needed) first, and then start saving for what you want to do with the car. The possibilities are endless, especially if you have the cash :D

egflip

I found some fat fives for 280 with good tires. Im just waiting to hear back from the guy.

cvcrcr99

Yuck!!! Just my IMO though. The fat fives may be cool now, since they are not steelies, but trust me, there are NOT much better than steelies.

What color is your EG hatch?

egflip

Its white and the fat fives are black.

caspitza

I wanna buy an intake for under a hundred dollars, any suggestions?

jerryegk24

CX model it wouldn't be worth it for me but if it suits you go for it any mods count.

cvcrcr99

Sweet.. I love white eg hatches. However, OEM wheels that are painted are worth less than their non-painted counter-part IMO. I would suggest some nice polished GRS blades, and then go for some suspension work.

SEARCH.

Pat_S

I removed the AEM CAI and DC Sports header that came with my stock '94 CX when I bought it. I figured I would free up some mula and spend them elsewhere than have these unnoticeable gains. The CAI may make a difference in MPGs but other than that it serves purely for looks.

I also sold the AEM CAI for another reason which is to prevent hydrolock, more importantly.

mikej94civex

i disagree! i gained time in my qtr, i went from a 16.01 to a 15.8 from adding JUST a cold air....

-and for the op, swap out tht d series and get an ls or gsr swap for it, then i/h/e or possibly boost and u will b set imo

Pat_S

OP-

I would recommend saving your money unless you plan on building the motor. Otherwise I would keep it stock (for reliability) and not mess with the great MPG it gets. I suggest spending the money elsewhere such as an alarm, if you don't have one already.

mikej94civex

ebay, or make ur own out of 2.5" pvc piping the plastic conducts less heat than the aluminum used in an aftermarket intake so it may do u better. plus it would only cost ya like $50 for everything including the cuplers

mikej94civex

if i were u here's what i'd do...
1.tune up as ^ stated
2.wheels/suspension
3.i/h/e (don't go cheap on the header or exhaust tho)
4.save for a swap, or good turbo setup...

as ^ asked u tho, what r ur plans/goals? u need to kno those before u go spending $ bro or u will empty ur wallet and still b unhappy, trust me lol

egflip

Well i plan on keeping the car for awhile. I kinda want to make it look nice before i get into the performance. But i do want up to hp eventually.

boxeocampeon

start with suspension and then wheels and got from there. what r ur long term goals?